CIA Pick Haspel Set to Testify Before Senators

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, where her answers to questions on interrogation methods and other issues from her tenure at the agency will be crucial to shoring up support for her nomination.

Gina Haspel, the first woman nominated to lead the CIA, is expected to be asked about a number of controversial episodes from her career at the agency, in particular her participation in an interrogation program that critics say…